Mukesh Aghi, president and chief executive officer of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), in an interview with Aditi Phadnis in New Delhi, talks about the recent Lok Sabha elections, expectations from the coming Budget, changes in India’s regulatory environment. Edited excerpts. After the general elections there is now a much stronger Opposition. How do you see this affecting relations between India and the US, especially the investor community? The elections have sent the message that democracy works, democracy corrects itself. The perception of India going way to the right … that has dissipated.